Cai Xuzhe dreamed of flying high when he was young. He was a new face on the Shenzhou-14 team. He spent 12 years as an astronaut（宇航员） getting ready for his first trip to space.
Cai 1 born in 1976 in the countryside of Shenzhou City，Hebei Province. He was 2 in planes as a child. 3 he heard a plane flying past，he would run out and look at it till it flew away.
Cai went to 4 Air Force flight college in his final year at school. After 5 college，he began to work at an airport. The airport was in poor condition，but he studied and trained his flying skills there 6 .
In May 2010，Cai became a Chinese astronaut and underwent （接受） hard training. He did 7 best in his training and finally became a Shenzhou-14 team member.
"I am happy and proud but feel more about my duty，" Cai told reporters. Cai and 8 two team members，Chen Dong and Liu Yang，left 9 Sunday on board the Shenzhou-14 spaceship to finish the work of building the Tiangong space station. They would have a 10 stay in space.
